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Il ON 18th ST. NEAR DUPONT CIRCLE
New three story ba sament and attic Brick Residence
containing ten fine rooms, also large cellar two pan
mantles aud chandeliers in all principal rooms house
heated by furnace Price S12.5OO; terms one-fourth
cash, and long time balance at per cent nterest
For permit to inspect the premises: apply to
!. v. n. HUYCk l. co.,
o4.3t darlington Insuranca RmiIStn-,
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I'OI. RENT
UNFINISHED.
nor REM

- 5-4t-i furnished aud ulfurui shed houses
= - "a, sii@ie s'ct4OI, the city Lpfurushed flats
&ld permits. aIt y - OlI- ot.I-r 49,
Oio' ELL JOHNSTON 73s 18th ST. NV
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IGOR RENT-WE OFFER COMPLETELY AND
y most hands y furnished the resIdent of
abroad tor ytar. house recently built
with great il located on the corner of proIn
in the vicinity of the Executive Mansion:
heated 10y steam.
o5-:}t HILL X JOHNSTON. 1913 18th ST. INV.
ENOR RENT MODERN RESIDENCES, NORTH
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-04
Bill Nye" Has a Cow 10 Sell.

"Owing to illhealth," says Bill
Nye, 81 will sell at my residence in
town 90, range IS, west, according
to government survey, one crushed
raspberry colored cow, aged six
wears. She is a good milkster and
is not afraid of the cars-or any
thing else. She is a COW of I'M
daunted courage and gives milk
frequently. To man who does not
fear death in any form she would
be a great boom. She is very
much attached to her home atpres-
ent, by means of trace chain, but
she will be sold to any one who Will
agree to treat her right. She IS
one.fourth shOrthOrn and three
tourths hyena. Purchaser need not
be identified. will also throw in
a double barrelled shotgun which
goes with her. In May she gener-
ally goes away somewhere for a
week or two, and returns with a
tall, red calf, with long, wabbly
legs. Her name is Rose, and l
would prefer to sell her to a non
resident"
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A Father 0utWltted.
THE SON ELOPES WITH THE YOUNG
LADY INTENDED FOR HIS
STEP MOTHER.

LADY INTENDED FOR HIS
sTEP-MOTHER.
An interesting incident comes
from Scott county, Ind. Mr.. Nc
Dermott, a widower, fell in love
with a beautiful young girl, and
courted her with zeal which only
true affection knows. McDermott
has the misfortune to have a son,
but the son, very considerably, did
not object to the fair Young lady
whom his father was trying to
make his step.mother. In fact, the
young man called on the young
lady and made her feel that she
would be welcome as member of
the family. This all pleased the
father, of course, and in burst of
parental confidence he told his son
that he and the young lady were
engaged. Then the son went over
to congratulate the young lady,
He did it afIectionately-so afiec-
tioDately that he proposed and was
accepted. An elopement followed,
and the fond father has now step
daughter, and the son has no step
mother. Age should never try to
compete with youth in contests
where Cupid awards the prizes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-04
why THE PENSION WAS WITHHELD.

While Col. Bill SlemOns. of Ark
ansaw, was running for Congress,
an old fellow named Flowery APP
preached him and said:
"Look here, Bill, if you are elect
ed will yOu do me favor 2"
eyes, of. course | will. What is
Itp
Dwell, you see, fought in the
Creek war, and as everybody else
is getting a pension it strikes me
that l ought to get a few dollars
occasionally"
ayes, of course You should" TAX
ing out his memorandum book and
making note ofthe request. "Just
as soon as | get to Washington Pll
investigate the natter
Flowery waited anxiously, but
heard nothing OF his pension. His
friends advised him to rest easily,
as the Government could not be
hurried. Two years passed.
Slemons came home, having an
nounced himself n candidate for re-
election. Flowery arrived in town
Just as Slemons arose in the court
house yard to address his fellow.
citizens. The orator had spoken
but few sentences when FlOwery
called out:
"Helloa, Biilp
"Why, how are you, Flowery|
"Say, Bill, what about that pen
sion ? I hain't got nickel yit.-
Didn't tend to it, did your
"Oh, yes. I'll see you privately
after a while.'
"Never mind see me right now
Why hain't they sent the money p
"Flowery, l tell You that I'll see
you IN private
ayes, I understand you. You
want me to take a drink with you
and call it squar'."
"No, l don't. You'd better watt
"Fll be blamed if I do. Spit il
right out now. l don't want M
foolishness, and eff you've neglect
ed me alrter | had dun voted foI
You, l want to know it,
"Flowery," Slemons still persist
ed, "ust wait until | make m!
speech and I'll tell you why yol
haven't received your pension
an be blamed if | do. I've beer
waitin' two years an have beef
talkln you up ali tne time, anu II
be hanged il Pm goin' to walt an,
longer, so ont with it now and lie
these here folks know that you'v
dun went back on your word.'
"All right, Flowery. l put i
your claim and after the matte
had been investigated it was fonn
that You were a deserter.'
Flowery took off his hat, scratch
ed his head, and replied:
"W'y, dad blame it, amt the
forgot that yit? WY, Bill, thatwa
more'n forty years ago. Hump
wouldn't begrudge the finest hos
in the county eff | could rlcollec
fool things as we'll as this Cover
ment ken. WY, blame their fo'
souls, Bill, | lowed they'd forge
that long go."-ArkaRsa1c Trdrcte
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-04
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
POULTRY ON THE FARM.

Poultry on farm are as much a
necessity as cows or hogs. What
would many of the dishes which
farmers wives and daughters pre-
pare for the family be if it were
not for the hen fruit they contain :
But poultry, to beprohtable, shopl Id
run at large. They are good for
ayers, will destroy vast numbers of
injurious insects, and at certain
seasons OF the year should be al
lowed free to every part of the
farm, including the garden. NO
better place can be found for a hen
and chickens in the spring of tho
year than the garden. As soon as
the chicks are able to run about
conGne the hen in a coop in the
garden sufficiently open to allow
the chicks to run in and out, chang
ing the same to fresh place daily,
and the chicks will then live princi-
pally on insects. The benefits to be
derived from so dong are Il great
saving of food, q healthier and
more rapid growth of chicks, the
garden kept clear of insects, and
better fruit and vegetables the re-
suit.
That there is a difference in the
various families of fowls none will
dispute, and the question then is,
the best tor the farmer to keep
that is, which are the easiest to
raise and return the most profit?
Among the different breeds of
fowls some persons prefer one and
some another. We must say we
have found the Black Breasted Red
Game to be good. They are not
only as hardy as any others, but
are good layers, good mothers,
good foragers, and all but in size
among the best table fowls. Their
eggs are OF fine flavor, and as to
their pugnacity, they are not more
pugnacious than some of other
breeds. Next to these we place
the old. fashioned Dominique. We
are now writing for the farmer, and
we would say to him that with
fowls, as with every thing else, 1t
pays to raise the best, and that
fowls require as good and as com
Portable quarters In winter as any
other stock on the place.-BdH'
Sun.
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GLEkNIAGS.

The Farm Stock and Home sug-
gests that an excellent education
may come from the boys keeping
a daily register of everything IN
terestirg which comes under their
observation and relates to their
business-the results OF late or
early planting; the effects OF any
peculiar mode OF cultivation OF
thick or thin sowing the kind OF
seed time and manner of harvest
ing; results of deep or shallow
ploughing; the time OF the appear
ance OF birds and insects; the
Towering and fruiting of trees
when any operation on the farm
was deferred until too late, or per
formed too early, and loss occasion
ed thereby. Well.kept registers
to refer to would remind one
what to do, and at what time.
All seeds will run ont unless
kept up by selection. Many of the
kinds offered as new are only
fixed up by selection from old
varieties. The improvement OF
squash and cucumber seeds by age
can be explained on scientific
principles. When fresh, they are
feshy and contain pabulum which
gives vigor to the young plant,
but with age they get rid of the
surplus food. Cucumbers from old
seed fruit a great deal better, and
melon plants are shorter lOinted,
and flower at the third or fourth
Joint, when from fresh seed they
would not live a flower until the
tenth.
A correspondent gives very
simple and easily tried means OF
driving rats from thepremlses, and
which he says is very elective
Take copperas, the quantity to de-
pend upon the number Of buildings
or places infested; pulveIize it
very fine and sprinkle it in all the
buildings in fact, in every place
where they have been in the habit
of frequenting. In few days, ac.
cording to the writer, all the rats
will be gone.
Grape vines may be trimmed
now and the trimmings cut up into
three.eye cuttings, and buried in
the cellar for spring setting. The
same, too, with currants and goose
berries, if not done before. 1t is
said that pound of copperas scat
tered under each grape vine is a
preventive to grape rot and mil
dew; as it is so cheap it will cost
but little to try it.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-04

Last Christmas eve Mr.. Jones
went upstairs to see if the children
had hung up their stockings for
Santa Claus, and found that little
Fred had PINNED his up IN a prom
inent place, with a slip of paper
attached, upon which was written
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For Nineteen Years.

For nineteen years | suffered
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doctors called it, erysipelas, in my
ankles. | endured untold pains
and anguish, with only now ana
then temporary relief from remedies
applied by the best physicians IN
the country. Eighteen months ago
| commenced the use of Swllts
Specific with but little faith, as
every other remedy had failed. L
used five bottles, and with a CRATE
full heart | testify to-day that | am
we'll. 1t brought me relief when all
else had failed.
MRS. LUTICEA JACKSON.
Athens, Ga, Nov. 3, 1886.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-03-04
From the Financial Center.

| have suffered from catarrh and
bronchitis for ten years. used al
most every kind of medicine that
promised cure, but without any
permanent result for good. Dis
appointed and discouraged, and al
most without hope, at the sugges'
ton of a friend, commenced the
use of Swift's Specific some three
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write this that others may be bene-
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excellent health, and have gained
twelve pounds since l began the
use OF Swift's Specific.
f. BABCOCK MILLER,
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New York, Oct. %, 1886.
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No President who ordered an ex-
ira session of Congress was ever
reelected. President Cleveland
probably keeps this fact pasted on
his shaving mirror.
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SUTgiCalOD0Tati0l
A FATAL MISTAKE.

~ THE Cleveland (Ohio) Press,
Of February 2Sd, 1883, pub
lished an account of fatal
surgical operation which caused
a great commotion among med
ical men throughout the whole
country, DR.. Thayer, the most
eminent surgeon in Cleveland,
pronouncing it scandalous. 1t
appears that Mrs. King had
been suffering for many years
from some disease of the stom-
ach, which had resisted the
treatment of all the physicians
in attendance. The disease
commenced with n slight de-
rangcmcnt Of the digestion,
with a poor appetite, followed
by peculiar indcscribable dis
trcss in the stomach, q feeling
that has been described as a
faint "all gone" sensation, a
sticky slime collecting about
the teeth, causing a disagree
able taste. This sensation was
not removed by food, but, on
the contrary, it was increased.
After q while the hands and
feet became cold and sticky
a cold perspiration. There
was 4 constant tired and Ian
guild feeling. Then followed a
dreadful nervousness, with
gloomy forebodings. Finally
the patient was unable to re-
tain any food whatever, and
there was constant pain in the
abdomen. All prescribed rem
edies failing to give relief, a
consultation was held, when it
was decided that the patient
had n cancer in the stomach,
and in order tosavc thepatient's
life an operation was justif-
able. Accordingly, on the 22d
of February, 1888, the opera
ton was performed by DR..
Vance in the presence OF DR..
Tuckerman, DR.. Pcrrier, DR..
Arms, DR.. Gordon, DIR. Capner
and DR.. Halliwcll Of the Police
Board. The operation consist
ed in laying open the cavity
of the abdomen and exposing
the stomach and bowels. When
this had been done an cxamin-
alton Of the organs was made,
but to the horror and dismay
of the doctors there was no
cancer to be found. The pa
tient did not have n cancer.
When too late the medical men
discoverci that they had made
q terrible mistake; but they
sewed the parts together and
dressed the wound that they
had made, but the poor woman
sank from exhaustion and died
in n few hours. How sad it
must be for the husband Of this
Door woman to know That his
wife died from the effects of a
surgical operation that ought
never to have been performed.
If this woman had taken the
proper remedy for Dyspepsia
and Nervous Prostration (for
this was what the disease really
was,. she would have been liN
inc to-day. SHAKER ExTEAcTo OF
Roors, Or SAiozL's Curative
SYRUP, a remedy made ex'
pressly for Dyspepsia or lndl-
eestion, hasrcstortdmany such
cases to perfect health after all
other kinds Of treatment have
failed. The evidence OF its
efficacy in curing this class Of
cases is too volmlEoH5 to be
published here; but hose who
read the published evidence IL
favor Of this d.yspeptic remedy
do not question It's convincing
nature, and the article has al
=, : 'ensiye sale.
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